BSC 2025 McMordain's Pirate Skyboat

[McMordain]

Ahoy!

I will post more picture of my progress later, but in the meantime:

Balloon...


or sails?


I like both options and I can't decide... Also I don't think I have the time to do both and make them interchangeable.

[snitcythedog]

I really like the idea of the sail.  However with the cabin structure I am not sure that it will quite look "right" with the mast sticking out of center of it.  If the cabin was in the aft it would visually fit a bit better.  Just my two cents.   

[Lost Egg]

I think I have to agree with snitchythedog. I say balloon.

[Codsticker]

FWIW, a balloon has a more pulp-ey feel whereas a sail suggests fantasy to me.

[McMordain]

With the sails I had something like this in mind:


However I'm leaning toward the balloon as well, because that seems more of a challenge. 

But I can push the decision aside for little bit more. In the meantime I finished the bow gunnery/observation position.

This will be painted before I glue on the deck.

I also finalized the engine pods. The base is a Mantic pipe section with stuff added to it. The starboard engine is done, the port engine needs greebleing.


I like how it turned out.




It only needs some additional supports, but I have to think about how to do that. I may have to paint the engines before.

Hopefully I get the additional stuff I ordered next week, because some of it is needed to proceed.

[snitcythedog]

I see what you are saying about the cabin and it defiantly can work. 
Very nice work on the observation room and the engine cowling.  If you want to sneak in more support without looking like more support you can add a steel wire fuel line.  It should be thin enough not to look out of place while being strong enough to help keep the nacelle from moving too much.

[Burgundavia]

I'm Team Balloon too. Could do some sails on the sides of the balloon to be both

[Codsticker]

You and snitcy are really knocking it out of the park with the details. Just incredible stuff.

[Wirelizard]

Love the detail on the engines and in that crew position.

Did you do press-molded bolt heads in greenstuff on the side of the engine? I think that's what I'm seeing but the photos aren't quite large enough...

[McMordain]

Thanks guys.

snitcythedog: the white rods holding the engines are actually tubes with a brass rod inside. It sturdy enough to hold it, I want to add faux support because it looks flimsy 

Burgundavia: Hmm, I will think about it when I do the balloon. I don't want to add too many things that stick out though. We will see.

Wirelizard: Yes, I have a Greenstuff World silicon mold for various rivets and bolts, but it seems like a discontinued product. It's made for resin but I never worked with the stuff, so I use GS. I also have some bluestuff molds which were made of GW plastic scenery kits. The mechanicus ones have a lot of good looking rivets and bolts.

[Spinal Tap]

This build is really coming together; looks fantastic.

[snitcythedog]

Wirelizard: Yes, I have a Greenstuff World silicon mold for various rivets and bolts, but it seems like a discontinued product. It's made for resin but I never worked with the stuff, so I use GS. I also have some bluestuff molds which were made of GW plastic scenery kits. The mechanicus ones have a lot of good looking rivets and bolts.

The mold works well with milliput too.  All of the knobs on my build are the same bolts that you are using. 

[Wirelizard]

Wirelizard: Yes, I have a Greenstuff World silicon mold for various rivets and bolts, but it seems like a discontinued product. It's made for resin but I never worked with the stuff, so I use GS. I also have some bluestuff molds which were made of GW plastic scenery kits. The mechanicus ones have a lot of good looking rivets and bolts.

I see a two part rivet mold in the GSW lineup, not sure if that's the same - the listing doesn't actually give any details, just "20 options".

Of course, Green Stuff World being who they are, if they have a product, that means someone else invented it and GSW just copied it and undercut the inventor's price, so it might be worth a bit more web searching to see who else does rivet/bolt molds...

[anevilgiraffe]

Temu has a stainless steel credit card sized stencil with various sizes, guess you could thumb in a bit of g/s for that, but it would be a bit tedious to do a lot... only £3 though.

[Codsticker]

I see a two part rivet mold in the GSW lineup, not sure if that's the same - the listing doesn't actually give any details, just "20 options".

Yeah, saw that too.